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Star Citizen’s crowdfunding campaign has surpassed $15m, thanks to a combination of pre-orders and pledges. Developer Cloud Imperium Games revealed the massive milestone in a post onRoberts Space Industries, while taking a jab at big publishers in the process. Ten years ago, big publishers decided space games weren’t profitable, and …
Read More »Black Nintendo 3DS XL confirmed for North America, launches this month
Nintendo has announced a black 3DS XL model is heading to retail in US and Canada this month – officially confirming last week’s advertisement leak for the handheld. While the listed release date on the ad of July 26th was incorrect, the new color (at least to those stateside) will …
Read More »Activision Blizzard Q2: $1.05bn net revenue, $4.6bn in cash and assets
Activision Blizzard has announced financial results for the second quarter of its current fiscal year, reporting net revenue of over $1bn for the period. The $1.05bn earned by Activision during the three month period was just under the $1.08bn brought in by the firm during the same portion of 2012. …
Read More »It’s Gamescom month: Here’s what to expect from the world’s biggest games event
E3 might be the most high-profile gaming expo of the year, but Gamescom’s significance cannot be downplayed. It is, after all, the biggest games event in the world (last year, it drew 275,000 visitors), and with the ever-growing European games market, it’s an important event for game companies. Unlike E3, …
Read More »Square Enix: "We’re not abandoning core console and PC games"
Phil Rogers, CEO for Square Enix Europe and America, has spoken out about the publisher’s platform priorities going forward. In an official blog post – in which he confirms a next-gen Tomb Raider sequel – the exec states the firm is categorically "not abandoning core, triple-A console and PC games". …
Read More »Tomb Raider sequel "well into development" for Xbox One and PS4
Square Enix has confirmed work is already underway on a follow-up to this year’s best-selling game Tomb Raider. The project has been hinted at before, but has now been confirmed by Square Enix’s European and American CEO Phil Rogers in an official blog post. "I am excited to reveal that …
Read More »Xbox Cloud boosts Forza 5 AI by 600%, dev Turn 10 claims
Cloud technology on the Xbox One can increase AI processing power by up to 600 per cent, claims the studio manager of Forza 5 developer Turn 10. Speaking toOXM, Alan Hartman said developers were able to free up more of the console’s hardware for graphics and audio processing, and offload …
Read More »The next stage for Halo
There was a time when you’d have been forgiven for thinking Halo had passed its peak. The Xbox super-brand, which made Microsoft a global player in games, never got that oft-mooted Hollywood movie. Neither Halo: ODST (2009) or Halo: Reach (2010) managed to top the sales of Halo 3 (2007). …
Read More »Nvidia plans more UK game events
Hardware giant Nvidia will stage more events in a bid to win over UK gamers. It follows the firm’s recent event at Currys/PC World Gaming Bunker, which it held in collaboration with Ubisoft and Deep Silver. Gamers were able to attend and play Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Metro: Last Light and …
Read More »World of Tanks ‘will lead free-to-play charge on console’
The Xbox 360 version of World of Tanks will be a free-to-play experience the console industry has never seen before, says developer Wargaming. The firm announced its plans to bring the smash hit PC title to Xbox 360 at E3 in June. And Wargaming’s senior product marketing manager Pat Alvardo …
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